Lexical Summary bouleuō: to take counsel, deliberate Original Word: βουλεύωTransliteration: bouleuō Phonetic Spelling: (bool-yoo'-o) Part of Speech: Verb Short Definition: to take counsel, deliberate Meaning: to take counsel, deliberate Strong's Concordance consult, take counsel, determine, purpose. From boule; to advise, i.e. (reflexively) deliberate, or (by implication) resolve -- consult, take counsel, determine, be minded, purpose. see GREEK boule Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 1011: βουλεύωβουλεύω: 1. to deliberate, take counsel, resolve, give counsel (Isaiah 23:8; (from Homer down)). 2. to be a councillor or senator, discharge the office of a senator: Xenophon, mem. 1, 1, 18; Plato, Gorgias, p. 473{e}; (others). In the N. T. middle, (present βουλεύομαι; imperfect ἐβουλευομην; future βουλεύσομαι, Luke 14:31 L marginal reading T WH; 1 aorist ἐβουλευσαμην): 1. to deliberate with oneself consider: followed by εἰ, Luke 14:31, (Xenophon, mem. 3, 6, 8). 2. to take counsel, resolve: followed by an infinitive, Acts 5:33 (R G T Tr marginal reading); |